Welcome to the "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode" discussion thread and drinking game!

Season 1, Episode 3"When Knowledge Conquered Fear"This episode will focus on how mankind's intelligence created the scientific theory to postulate and predict events on the cosmic scale, highlighting the work of Edmund Halley and Isaac Newton.

Don't forget that Creationists are pissed that Cosmos hasn't given a fair shake to their theories. They're doing that tonight. A very detailed and thorough analysis of all of the science in creationist theory. It's supposed to be between the 47th and 48th seconds of tonight's show. Don't blink.

Aquapope:Don't forget that Creationists are pissed that Cosmos hasn't given a fair shake to their theories. They're doing that tonight. A very detailed and thorough analysis of all of the science in creationist theory. It's supposed to be between the 47th and 48th seconds of tonight's show. Don't blink.

What's interesting is that the Creation stories are fairly accurate metaphores of The Big Bang and the evolution of the universe and life on Earth. Not bad for bronze age tribesmen.

CanisNoir:Aquapope: Don't forget that Creationists are pissed that Cosmos hasn't given a fair shake to their theories. They're doing that tonight. A very detailed and thorough analysis of all of the science in creationist theory. It's supposed to be between the 47th and 48th seconds of tonight's show. Don't blink.

What's interesting is that the Creation stories are fairly accurate metaphores of The Big Bang and the evolution of the universe and life on Earth. Not bad for bronze age tribesmen.

Well, other than the timing and the method, and the origin of life, sure.

A comet's path is traced on its long plunge toward the sun. Also: a visit to Isaac Newton's birthplace; and Neil explores the evolutionary development that has lead some humans to think the laws of four-way stop signs don't apply to them, the selfish farkers./em>

You want "equal time"? Shut the fark up or we'll give you "equal time". We'll go to your churches and appear on your "Christian broadcasts" and show up at the Discovery Institute and Ark Encounter and Creation Museum and teach your children Science and critical thinking.